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Little Nightjar

Caprimulgus parvulus

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Miranda Collett
Miranda Collett

Former Airline Captain of B747, Miranda Collett, switched career in 2010 to become a wildlife conservationist, purchasing a former cattle ranch in NE Argentina.

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The Little Nightjar is quite common at our reserve and we quite often find it in the garden hunting insects.

It is a similar size and shape to the rarer Sickle-winged Nightjar with a short tail and size around 18cm.  You sometimes find it perched on tree branches.

It has a cinnamon band on the nape and sometimes white on the throat.

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